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AVD - American Vanguard Reports Second Quarter & Midyear 2022 Results

Significant Demand Continues, Gross Margins Increase, Midyear Net Income Doubles, Full Year Performance Targets Reiterated

American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE: AVD) today announced financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022.

Fiscal 2022 Second Quarter Financial Highlights versus Fiscal 2021 Second Quarter:

  • Net sales were $148 million in 2022, compared to $135 million in 2021
  • Net income was $6.8 million in 2022, compared to $5.1 million in 2021
  • Earnings per diluted share of $0.23 in 2022, compared to $0.17 in 2021
  • Adjusted EBITDA 1 of $19.7 million in 2022, compared to $16.5 million in 2021

Fiscal 2022 Mid-Year Financial Highlights – versus Fiscal 2021 Mid-Year:

  • Net sales were $298 million in 2022, compared to $251 million in 2021
  • Net income was $16.8 million in 2022, compared to $8.2 million in 2021
  • Earnings per diluted share of $0.55 in 2022, compared to $0.27 in 2021
  • Adjusted EBITDA 1 of $42.5 million in 2022, compared to $30.3 million in 2021

Eric Wintemute, Chairman and CEO of American Vanguard stated: “Conditions within our agricultural markets continue to be favorable with consistently high commodity prices, a strong farm economy and, for US-based companies, a strong US dollar. Having built a portfolio of products that reaches across multiple crops – including corn, soybeans, cotton, potatoes, and high-value fruits and vegetables – we were better able to cross-sell to growers and enjoyed strong demand for our products, both domestically and abroad. Our focused efforts to increase prices and more fully exploit our manufacturing assets enabled us to achieve higher margins despite inflation and supply chain challenges. Within this context, we recorded strong results for the second quarter and first half of 2022, including higher sales and improved profitability.”

Mr. Wintemute continued: “Our second quarter improvement was led by our international business, which generated higher sales of soil fumigants, foliar and soil insecticides, fungicides and micronutrient products across multiple regions. Our domestic crop business enjoyed strong demand for our expanding portfolio of herbicides, partially offset by lower soil fumigant sales due to drought conditions in the West and Southwest, where water allocation has been implemented. During the second quarter of 2022, our U.S. non-crop business experienced relatively steady demand in mosquito control, commercial pest applications and horticulture/ornamental products.”

Mr. Wintemute concluded: “Looking forward, we believe that our Company is situated well in both domestic and international markets and are consequently optimistic, even with weather- and economy-related variables, about meeting or exceeding our previously announced performance targets for FY 2022, including revenue growth between 8% and 11%, gross profit margins of 38-40% of net sales, operating expenses within the range of 31-33% of net sales and a year-over-year net income increase of between 60% and 70%. We look forward to giving you a more detailed presentation during our upcoming earnings call.”

Conference Call

Eric Wintemute, Chairman & CEO, Bob Trogele, EVP & COO and David T. Johnson, VP & CFO, will conduct a conference call focusing on the financial results and strategic themes…at 4:30 pm ET on August 9, 2022. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 201-493-6744. Please call in 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and ask for the American Vanguard call. The conference call will also be webcast live via the News and Media section of the Company’s web site at www.american-vanguard.com . To listen to the live webcast, go to the web site at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. If you are unable to listen live, the conference call will be archived on the Company’s web site.

About American Vanguard

American Vanguard Corporation is a diversified specialty and agricultural products company that develops and markets products for crop protection and management, turf and ornamentals management and public and animal health. American Vanguard is included on the Russell 2000® and Russell 3000® Indexes and the Standard & Poor’s Small Cap 600 Index. To learn more about American Vanguard, please reference the Company’s web site at www.american-vanguard.com .

The Company, from time to time, may discuss forward-looking information. Except for the historical information contained in this release, all forward-looking statements are estimates by the Company’s management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ from management’s current expectations. Such factors include weather conditions, changes in regulatory policy and other risks as detailed from time-to-time in the Company’s SEC reports and filings. All forward-looking statements, if any, in this release represent the Company’s judgment as of the date of this release.

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

ASSETS

June 30,

December 31,

2022

2021

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

22,057

$

16,285

Receivables:

Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $4,411 and $3,938, respectively

165,711

149,326

Other

13,208

9,595

Total receivables, net

178,919

158,921

Inventories

182,203

154,306

Prepaid expenses

16,368

12,488

Income taxes receivable

523

Total current assets

400,070

342,000

Property, plant and equipment, net

67,453

66,111

Operating lease right-of-use assets

24,449

25,386

Intangible assets, net

191,560

197,841

Goodwill

46,997

46,260

Other assets

13,099

16,292

Deferred income tax assets, net

16

270

Total assets

$

743,644

$

694,160

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Current installments of other liabilities

$

1,367

$

802

Accounts payable

86,944

67,140

Customer prepayments

272

63,064

Accrued program costs

99,152

63,245

Accrued expenses and other payables

20,180

20,745

Income taxes payable

3,006

Current operating lease liabilities

5,029

5,059

Total current liabilities

212,944

223,061

Long-term debt, net

100,779

52,240

Long-term operating lease liabilities

19,852

20,780

Other liabilities, net of current installments

5,584

5,335

Deferred income tax liabilities, net

19,651

20,006

Total liabilities

358,810

321,422

Commitments and contingent liabilities

Stockholders' equity:

Preferred stock, $.10 par value per share; authorized 400,000 shares; none issued

Common stock, $.10 par value per share; authorized 40,000,000 shares; issued 34,443,234 shares at June 30, 2022 and 34,248,218 shares at December 31, 2021

3,445

3,426

Additional paid-in capital

103,456

101,450

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(12,768

)

(13,784

)

Retained earnings

319,672

304,385

Less treasury stock at cost, 3,694,050 shares at June 30, 2022

and 3,361,040 shares at

December 31, 2021

(28,971

)

(22,739

)

Total stockholders’ equity

384,834

372,738

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

743,644

$

694,160

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

For the Three Months

For the Six Months

Ended June 30,

Ended June 30,

2022

2021

2022

2021

Net sales

$

148,084

$

134,610

$

297,519

$

250,765

Cost of sales

(88,305

)

(82,471

)

(176,547

)

(153,495

)

Gross profit

59,779

52,139

120,972

97,270

Operating expenses

(48,966

)

(43,080

)

(95,410

)

(84,524

)

Adjustment to bargain purchase gain on business acquisition

(88

)

(121

)

Operating income

10,813

8,971

25,562

12,625

Change in fair value of an equity investment

(486

)

(295

)

(403

)

771

Other income

672

Interest expense, net

(772

)

(1,013

)

(1,170

)

(1,959

)

Income before provision for income taxes and loss on equity method investment

9,555

7,663

23,989

12,109

Income tax expense

(2,725

)

(2,445

)

(7,224

)

(3,807

)

Income before loss on equity method investment

6,830

5,218

16,765

8,302

Loss on equity method investment

(74

)

(87

)

Net income

$

6,830

$

5,144

$

16,765

$

8,215

Earnings per common share—basic

$

.23

$

.17

$

.57

$

.28

Earnings per common share—assuming dilution

$

.23

$

.17

$

.55

$

.27

Weighted average shares outstanding—basic

29,602

29,930

29,639

29,834

Weighted average shares outstanding—assuming dilution

30,225

30,499

30,289

30,511

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

ANALYSIS OF SALES

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

For the three months

ended June 30,

2022

2021

Change

% Change

Net sales:

U.S. crop

$

63,195

$

62,575

$

620

1

%

U.S. non-crop

21,316

21,488

(172

)

-1

%

U.S. total

84,511

84,063

448

1

%

International

63,573

50,547

13,026

26

%

Net sales:

$

148,084

$

134,610

$

13,474

10

%

Gross profit:

U.S. crop

$

29,753

$

26,805

$

2,948

11

%

U.S. non-crop

10,049

9,782

267

3

%

U.S. total

39,802

36,587

3,215

9

%

International

19,977

15,552

4,425

28

%

Total gross profit:

$

59,779

$

52,139

$

7,640

15

%

For the six months

ended June 30,

2022

2021

Change

% Change

Net sales:

U.S. crop

$

151,388

$

117,330

$

34,058

29

%

U.S. non-crop

34,712

38,941

(4,229

)

-11

%

U.S. total

186,100

156,271

29,829

19

%

International

111,419

94,494

16,925

18

%

Net sales:

$

297,519

$

250,765

$

46,754

19

%

Gross profit:

U.S. crop

$

70,098

$

48,076

$

22,022

46

%

U.S. non-crop

16,014

19,165

(3,151

)

-16

%

U.S. total

86,112

67,241

18,871

28

%

International

34,860

30,029

4,831

16

%

Total gross profit:

$

120,972

$

97,270

$

23,702

24

%

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended

June 30,

2022

2021

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income

$

16,765

$

8,215

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

11,004

10,697

Amortization of other long-term assets

1,739

2,044

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

256

Accretion of discounted liabilities

17

(11

)

Amortization of deferred loan fees

139

162

Provision for bad debts

470

945

Loan principal and interest forgiveness

(672

)

Fair value adjustment to contingent consideration

635

1,013

Stock-based compensation

2,836

3,598

Change in deferred income taxes

109

(353

)

Change in fair value of an equity investment

403

(771

)

Loss on equity method investment

87

Adjustment to bargain purchase gain on business acquisition

121

Net foreign currency adjustments

(20

)

(145

)

Changes in assets and liabilities associated with operations:

Increase in net receivables

(18,645

)

(25,317

)

Increase in inventories

(27,774

)

(11,464

)

Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets

(3,652

)

(3,696

)

(Increase) decrease in income tax receivable/payable, net

(3,526

)

1,374

(Decrease) in net operating lease liability

(21

)

(120

)

Increase in accounts payable

19,439

6,190

Decrease in customer prepayments

(62,789

)

(30,407

)

Increase in accrued program costs

35,987

19,098

(Decrease) increase in other payables and accrued expenses

(602

)

507

Net cash used in operating activities

(27,230

)

(18,905

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

Capital expenditures

(5,654

)

(5,075

)

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

27

Acquisition of product line

(10,000

)

Intangible assets

(1,044

)

(241

)

Investments

(184

)

Net cash used in investing activities

(6,671

)

(15,500

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

Payments under line of credit agreement

(56,600

)

(24,226

)

Borrowings under line of credit agreement

105,000

66,000

Payment of contingent consideration

(250

)

Net receipt from the issuance of common stock under ESPP

436

340

Net receipt from the exercise of stock options

765

167

Payment for tax withholding on stock-based compensation awards

(2,012

)

(2,900

)

Repurchase of common stock

(6,232

)

Payment of cash dividends

(1,330

)

(1,188

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

40,027

37,943

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

6,126

3,538

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

(354

)

98

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

16,285

15,923

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

22,057

$

19,559

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBITDA

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30,

June 30,

2022

2021

2022

2021

Net income, as reported

$

6,830

$

5,144

$

16,765

$

8,215

Provision for income taxes

2,725

2,445

7,224

3,807

Interest expense, net

772

1,013

1,170

1,959

Depreciation and amortization

6,271

6,138

12,743

12,741

Stock compensation

1,273

1,806

2,836

3,598

Proxy contest activities

1,785

1,785

Adjusted EBITDA 2

$

19,656

$

16,546

$

42,523

$

30,320

1 Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, non-cash stock compensation, and proxy contest activities. Adjusted EBITDA is not a financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), operating income (loss) or any other financial measure so calculated and presented, nor as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. The items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are detailed in the reconciliation attached to this news release. Other companies (including the Company’s competitors) may define Adjusted EBITDA differently.

2 Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, non-cash stock compensation, and proxy contest activities. Adjusted EBITDA is not a financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), operating income (loss) or any other financial measures so calculated and presented, nor as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. We provide these measures because we believe that they provide helpful comparisons to other companies in our industry and peer group. The items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are detailed in the reconciliation attached to this news release. Other companies (including the Company’s competitors) may define Adjusted EBITDA differently.

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Company
American Vanguard Corporation
William A. Kuser, Director of Investor Relations
(949) 260-1200
williamk@amvac-chemical.com

Investor Representative
the Equity Group Inc.
www.theequitygroup.com
Lena Cati
Lcati@equityny.com

Stock Information

Company Name: American Vanguard Corporation
Stock Symbol: AVD
Market: NYSE
Website: american-vanguard.com

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